# Israeli settlers beat West Bank press photographer as soldiers watch

https://mins.news/en/item/88690

- The Guardian, 2026-10-06 21:00 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/06/israeli-settlers-beat-press-photographer-as-soldiers-watch-in-west-bank

> Palestinian AFP photographer Jaafar Ashtiyeh was beaten with rifle butts by armed Israeli settlers while reporting violence against olive farmers near Aqraba in the occupied West Bank. About a dozen Israeli soldiers were nearby but did not intervene. Ashtiyeh suffered head and torso bruising, was hospitalised and had his camera equipment taken.

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